Driving in snow..
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From: Plymouth Minnesota
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SaberD, I bought this car to be my daily driver, and that's exactly what it's role has been.
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I drive mine all year round, and it's been through many snowstorms. The key is good tires, I have found that the Pirelli P Zero Nero all seasons work great, as well as the Goodyear Eagle F1 all seasons. The Kumho ASX all seasons, absolutely suck! They are downright dangerous in the snow, they shouldn't be labelled as all seasons at all. Even the stock runflats were better in the snow than these tires.
As long as the snowfall isn't too high for the front air dam to clear, these cars do very well. Above that, the snow ends up hitting the bottom of the car a lot, it's very annoying.
I'd prefer not to drive mine in the snow but I just don't have the money or the parking space for another car at my house. So if the storm is too bad to drive it, I stay home or borrow another car for the day.
As long as the snowfall isn't too high for the front air dam to clear, these cars do very well. Above that, the snow ends up hitting the bottom of the car a lot, it's very annoying.
I'd prefer not to drive mine in the snow but I just don't have the money or the parking space for another car at my house. So if the storm is too bad to drive it, I stay home or borrow another car for the day.
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I drove a Chrysler 300 in the snow up in Maine last winter. First time driving in snow...and the rear broke loose at 30mph on a straight road..My heart when into my throat...especially since there was a dropoff on one side of the road...I thought afterward...glad it wasn't the vette.
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From: North Port Fl
Don't even think about it with the stock runflats. I bought my car new in January because they were running a rebate and a 0% interest for 5 years. I picked up my new car after work. Throughout the day we had about a 2" snowfall but by the time I picked up my car the roads were clear and dry, but when I got my car home the driveway had this 2" of snow on it. Even though my driveway is fairly short (about 60') and hardly any incline, I'd guess maybe 10 degree at most. I could not get the car into the garage without shoveling the snow first, the car just wouldn't go up the driveway. I am 58 years old and have a lot of experience driving in snow. So don't even think about it with the stock runflats. Get some winter tires or at least all season.
That was the one and only time it will ever see snow as long as I own it.
That was the one and only time it will ever see snow as long as I own it.
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Yes but not intentionally
This is a shot of my driveway in LAS VEGAS. Can you imagine the carnage with drivers in Vegas negotiating the roads in the snow?
The Vette satys in the garage when rain is forecast never mind snow.
This is a shot of my driveway in LAS VEGAS. Can you imagine the carnage with drivers in Vegas negotiating the roads in the snow?
The Vette satys in the garage when rain is forecast never mind snow.
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I've driven my '99 in very light snow once when I lived in the high desert. It was like 3/4 inch only but the car did fine. In fact, going up the Cajon Pass, I ended up having a line of people following me as the road was icing over real bad so I took the middle of the freeway. It was fine as long as I was real easy on the gas, gentle and this was all going up hill too.
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I drove mine in the snow before - just have to be careful with the throttle and take it slow. We have lots of hills around here and the car did OK but the pucker factor was high.
